Those who want a simple, yet nice-looking mobile phone, will find the following features of a new LG GB125 very attractive: a 300 entry phonebook, calendar, alarm, stopwatch, calculator, currency convertor, world clock, display menu setup option, LED indicator showing incoming calls and SMS messages, radio, and a high-quality speaker. The mobile phone looks really nice due to its glossy and matte covering of beige and dark brown colours that contrast with blue backlighting. Source: GSMPress ® in cooperation with LG

  Nokia has announced the NFC compatible Nokia 6216 classic mobile phone on the third WIMA conference held in Monaco. Nokia 6216 is the first Nokia mobile device of this kind. Nokia 6216 classic will enable mobile network operators to provide their subscribers with NFC services that make file sharing much easier and not only that. Particularly, NFC technology makes mobile payments secure as a special application and NFC compatible SIM card that is bought separately act like a passport. For instance, you can store your credit card information on this SIM card and pay for products and services just by waving your phone in front of a contactless terminal. The mobile phone Nokia 6216 classic has a camera, stereo FM radio, and music player. The phone supports 3G and microSD memory cards up to 8 GB. Nokia 6216 classic is slated to start shipping in the third quarter of 2009 with an estimated retail price of EUR 150 before taxes and subsidies.  

  Today Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia President and CEO, outlined the company's future strategy and it appeared that it is completely changing its business model. While the company goes on competing with its rivals, it is also dealing with emerging companies from the Internet and PC industries, and to succeed in this environment, Nokia needs to develop extraordinary solutions for its customers. Nokia's future strategy consists in combining high-quality devices with unique services that is expected to increase customer retention. Particularly Nokia sees opportunities as consumers prefer less expensive devices, and the expansion of smartphone features into the mid-range product category is one of them.  

  At present, there are hundreds of positions in RIM and it is possible that they will be filled by former employees of Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and Motorola. Research in Motion is now looking for 600 new members such as engineers, software developers and salespeople to work upon BlackBerry devices. Despite the financial crisis, RIM has managed not to let the business down while some of the mobile phones manufacturers failed to do it. Moreover, Research in Motion is getting ready to shock its rivals.  

  There is a filing on the Bluetooth SIG website saying that Fiesta is an Android mobile phone that will be available in Asia, Europe, and North America. Naturally, it will feature Bluetooth, as you may have already guessed. Full specifications are not available at the moment.  

  Wi-Fi problems that appear after the latest firmware update are irreversible and cannot be solved by rolling back to the previous version. The upgraded iPhone controls the Wi-Fi chip wrongly and it gets hot. It has been noted that the malfunction occurs only in iPhone 2G and 3G. Most likely, the firmware version 2.2.1 removes a kind of power restriction of the chip and it begins to work at full power and gets hot. The only thing you can do is to place the device in the refrigerator and it really makes iPhone work properly. If the problem is software related, then we can expect the manufacturer to provide us with the solution. If it is hardware related, then there seems to be no solution at all.  

  LG GM200 is very simple in terms of design but it is quite a nice phone for lovers of music. GM200 has a built-in radio antenna, 2-megapixel camera with CMOS sensor, stereo speakers, supports RDS, and packs Dolby Mobile technology. LG GM200 features 30 MB of onboard memory, a slot for a microSD card, and a background noise sensor that adjusts the volume when it is necessary.  

  LG has just announced the GD900 Crystal mobile phone with the transparent slide-out keypad and it has already got a competing device made by Lenovo. The difference between them is that Lenovo mobile phone has a transparent display unlike GD900. Judging by a 1.3-megapixel camera, we can say that is it a low-end phone but that doesn’t mean it will cost little money

  The report is devoted to Android, Symbian, Windows Mobile operating systems and smartphones that run them. Key points are as follows: • BlackBerry 8300 (Curve) is the most popular RIM smartphone. It left behind BlackBerry 8100 (Pearl) and has 45% of traffic. Verizon mobile Internet is mostly accessed from BlackBerry Storm handsets that generate 38% of traffic. • The most popular mobile devices running Symbian and Windows Mobile are much older than RIM smartphones. Nevertheless, most of the worldwide Symbian devices traffic is generated by Nokia N70 mobile phones and makes 17%. • Among Windows Mobile devices Samsung Blackjack II is mostly used. It is interesting that the mobile Internet is generally accessed from phones running operating system that is several years old. • Within the USA 5% of traffic is generated by mobile devices running Android. Not long ago HTC Dream (G1) was the number 13 mobile device in the US with 1.7% and now is the number one handset on the T-Mobile network. Top Smartphones and Operating Systems   • Worldwide traffic generated by smartphones in February 2009 reached 33%, up from 26% half a year ago. • Symbian remains the most popular operating system with 43% of traffic from 6

  Have a look at the forthcoming Acer Android handsets. They are:Acer Tempo X960Acer Tempo F900Acer Tempo M900Acer Tempo DX900 What do you think about them?  

  Not a single word about price and availability so far. All we know is that it is a blue touchscreen (320x240) music slider with the MP3 player and support of Bluetooth v2.0 and USB v2.0. Samsung M2510 also has a camera but it’s not the one worth appraising with its 0.3 MP and 640×480 px maximum photo size. Nevertheless, it could be useful from time to time.   

  A new Lenovo touchscreen slider named X1 has a 3.2-inch WQVGA display. The interface of the X1 bears the name Touch Dream – you cannot but recall new devices by HTC and Sony Ericsson. Lenovo X1 will be initially launched in China.  

  LG is going to increase investment in R&D by 25%, most of which will be allocated to OLED displays and solar batteries development. The company told ChannelNews that they would invest more than 3 billion US dollars in R&D during 18 months and that Apple paid them more than $500 mln to develop new monitors and displays. LG expects new OLED displays to be “fingerprint unfriendly” due to a special layer.  

  Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (“Sony Ericsson”) announced today that its net sales and net income before taxes in the first quarter of 2009 continue to be negatively affected by weak consumer demand as well as de-stocking in the retail and distribution channels. Although final results may differ, Sony Ericsson plans to ship approximately 14 million phones during the first quarter of 2009 with an estimated ASP (average selling price) of EUR 120. Gross margin is expected to decline both year-on-year and sequentially. Net income before taxes is estimated to be a loss in the range of EUR 340 – 390 million, excluding restructuring charges in the range of EUR 10 – 20 million. Sony Ericsson will announce its first quarter, 2009 financial results at 07.30 UK time/08.30 CET on April 17. Source: Sony Ericsson

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